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Money pits I know the drill well!!!
Yeah basically the RC drop bracket lowers your differential and lower control arms
Then they supply taller knuckles to make up the height difference.
All the stock suspension geometry remains, except of course your front driveshaft has to go down lower, and the brake lines need to be longer. Otherwise just basically a lift
Lift is great for fitting larger tires
Larger tires gain traction and ground clearance, great for going off road
Now what about more travel?
Keeping the tires on the ground longer helps with traction and keeps you moving forward = further off road
To gain more travel you need width. Wider is better. Width = cheater travel. The further away the tire the more measurable wheel travel
The upper ball joint starts to run out of range of motion as does the CV axle
The factory torsion bar also starts to limit things
So in comes the uni ball upper control arm to eliminate the weak and limited upper ball joint
Then the long travel CV axles to accommodate the additional width
Weld in gussets and some tabs and you can ditch the torsion bar and instead support the truck with some threaded body shocks
Since you have lift bracket lowering the diff and lower control arms with such a tall spindle you have gained even more height for a taller coilover....... you can fit a much longer threaded body shock in the space with the lift brackets in place
As you can see on the BTF website, similar to Camburg and Dixon brothers before them, BTF has taken the Ranger IFS 4x4 to a whole new level.....
If I had the $$$$ I would build up a V8 sport trac and keep the IFS
Of course first the wife has her eyes on the similar long travel stuff for her Fj cruiser, only her yota already uses a coilover from the factory (currently Fox 8" threaded bodies with old man emu medium duty coil springs, 7" lift with the RCX kit)
I will get there eventually!
Last edited on Wed Nov 28th, 2018 08:38 pm by 410customs
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